Chapter 71
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"Don't act so rashly!" Han Fei noticed the change in Meng Changxi's tone. He immediately advised, "The police have already been to Dong Hwa Ice Factory, they know about your plan. If you run to Xin Lu International Square now, you won't be able to harm Meng Changan, you'll only increase the police's suspicion."
"That plan was originally written for the police. I will update it with a different plan every day, but the real plan will not be written on paper." No one could guess what Meng Changxi was planning to do. "Meng Changan and Meng Changshou are both murderers but the real culprit is the butterfly. Even if we bring both of them to justice, the butterfly that caused all these tragedies will still be able to roam free. It has been hiding behind the scenes and has never shown itself."
"We'll take it one step at a time. We'll capture Meng Changan first."
"But I don't have that much time." Meng Changxi turned around to reveal the large festering wound on his back. "I bear the infamy of being the murderer of my mother. I bear the blame of being framed and slandered by the real murderer. My life has been very painful, so now I wish for a wonderful ending."
Han Fei understood what Meng Changxi was trying to say. He wanted to stop him but Meng Changxi stopped him. "After you find that piece of evidence, you have to be careful of your own safety."
"Don't worry about me." Han Fei nodded.
"You're too deeply involved in this case, the butterfly will come after you! So you can't be too careful. For the past 10 years, I've been on the run and there have been a few accidental deaths. Now that I think about it, those accidents are probably the butterfly's eyes on me. "
"Accidental deaths?"
"The butterfly likes to play with human nature. They will create some kind of coincidence. Two seemingly unrelated incidents might end up killing you." Meng Changxi told Han Fei everything that he needed to be careful of. After that, he pointed at the door. "Go, after you leave this place, do not turn back. Pretend we've never met. Hopefully, that will delay the butterfly's attention."
Han Fei stood still in the room. He knew this would be the last time he saw Meng Changxi.
Noticing Han Fei's hesitation, Meng Changxi showed some humanity for the first time. He patted Han Fei on his shoulder. "Over the past 10 years, the luckiest thing that happened to me was meeting you when I was at the end of my life. If you really want to catch the butterfly, if you really want to avenge the dead, if you really want to know everything, then do as I say. "
Meng Changxi tried his best to smile, but the scars on his face twitched, and his expression was very scary. "I didn't mean to scare you. It's just that I haven't smiled for ten years, and now I've forgotten how to smile."
His last sentence touched Han Fei.
"I hope your plan will go smoothly. Good luck."
After that, Han Fei left Wei Youfu's father's house and rushed to the address that Meng Changxi told him.
At 3 pm, Han Fei arrived at the outskirts of Xin Lu. There was not a soul to be seen.
With the development of science and technology, the scale of the city grew larger and larger. Many people would rather live in a beehive apartment of a dozen square meters in the core area than live alone in the suburbs.
Traversing the rare dirt road, Han Fei found the Happiness Neighbourhood that Meng Changxi mentioned behind an abandoned chemical plant.
The place had been abandoned for a long time. Weeds grew everywhere and the walls were heavily corroded by the rain. There was a warning sign that warned of dangerous buildings.
However, even the warning sign was from many years ago. It was covered in rust and could fall off at any time.
'This building has 10 floors, the same number of floors as the game but the layout of the building is completely different from the game. Most of the tenants have wooden doors.'
With confusion, Han Fei carefully entered the building.
There was a musty smell in the air. The place was littered with trash and broken furniture. The place appeared to be deserted even by homeless people. Many things were covered in a thick layer of dust.
When he reached the 4th floor, Han Fei stared at Room 1044. A strange feeling rose in his heart, it felt like reality and the game had overlapped.
Gripping the doorknob, Han Fei exerted some strength to realize the door's hinges were already broken.
Entering the room, Han Fei shivered.
It was daytime but the room was eerie. The living room was filled with various kinds of paper furniture.
'This place feels like it was prepared for the dead.'
Due to the layout of the building, the sun had a hard time shining into the living room. The paper dolls and furniture that were filled with some kind of filler were moldy and gave off a horrible stench.
'Meng Changxi told me to go to the bathroom.'
Walking past the pile of paper furniture, Han Fei pushed open the bathroom door. He found the information that Meng Changxi mentioned under the 4th floor tile.
When he opened it, Han Fei saw a letter that was stained with blood.
There were 7 addresses on the letter, they corresponded to 7 rooms inside the building. These 7 rooms contained the missing body parts of the human jigsaw case's victims.
This appeared to be part of the ritual, it connected the 7 rooms together like the wings of a butterfly.
'How much does the butterfly know about the cryptic world of the black box and Perfect Life? Why would there be a building in the game that is so similar to the one in real life? '
After memorizing the 7 room numbers, Han Fei continued to read the information. It was no coincidence that the human jigsaw case's killer chose this building to bury his body parts.
This building had been a haunted apartment for decades. It was filled with strange ghost stories and rumors. It was also a famous suicide spot in Xin Lu.
Taking out his phone, Han Fei searched Xin Lu's Happiness Neighbourhood. Instantly, more than 10 messages popped up.
The news reports were like a collection of ghost stories, it was hard to believe.
'In the human jigsaw case, the butterfly buried the body parts of the victims inside the haunted apartment. Then they used their body parts and the 8th victim to piece together the scariest body. The body fits their description of misery, despair and pain. But based on the final result, they still failed to find the black box.'
Han Fei read the message left behind by Meng Changxi. Other than the detailed information about the human jigsaw case, there was also a lot of information about the butterfly.
Han Fei was about to read the message when a notification popped up on his phone.
Normally, Han Fei would not have paid attention to such things but this time was different. The picture that accompanied the notification was that of a disfigured Meng Changxi!
He clicked on the notification and it was a livestream.
The shirtless Meng Changxi stared calmly at the person sitting next to him. He appeared to be at a television station or some kind of livestream company. "I will not harm anyone in this room but the prerequisite is that you do not cut off the signal or play any other tricks."
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